Ron Paul: I'm the Republican who 'gets' young voters
(Credit:
Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com)
NEW YORK--Texas Rep. Ron Paul was the second of four presidential candidates answering questions at the MTV-MySpace "Closing Arguments" event on Saturday evening, and there was probably a whole lot of people tuning in online to the live-streamed event.
Paul and his libertarian leanings have proven hugely popular on the Web; the long-shot Republican candidate actually won MySpace's mock Republican primary. Unfortunately for tech enthusiasts, technology policy wasn't brought up at all; subjects like Net neutrality and online copyright law didn't seem to be hot-button issues among the Gen-Y crowds in the audience.
One question from a Fordham University student asked Paul why he thought young voters were turning out in droves for the Democratic rather than Republican party, and Paul suggested that it's because the other Republican candidates just don't get what's important to the youth voting bloc. He raised as examples the Iraq war, which he does not support, and a shaky economy that has left many students wondering how they'll pay tuition or get a job after graduation.
A live poll conducted through MySpace revealed that 67 percent of respondents indeed thought that Paul had done an adequate job reaching out to young voters.
"Young people on campuses, they're cheering loudly," Paul said as he described the response on campuses to his controversial economic views and opposition to the war in Iraq. "Believe me, they respond very favorably."
But at the end of the "dialogue," Paul committed a bit of a faux-pas when he talked about why his monetary policy has caught on among many members of Generation Y. "Young people understand it because it's not complex," he said. Bad move, congressman.
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline. 
It doesn't sound like an insult to me. He was saying an issue was not complex; and he added that young people get the issue. The context of the whole article was that the audience was young, so this sounds like a candidate saying that the audience understands an issue that also happens to not be complex.
If some awkward phrasing is the worst he does, that's still better than the outright pandering, temper tantrums, and helpless incrementalism shown by the other candidates.
SEE MONETARY SYSTEM 101.
Go back to collage or just read more.
collage!
So well written you should save your comment piece to be re-written on the emails of legislators email inboxes.
Ron Paul owns.
Take for example, this article you just read. The author took time to tell us what was not said, tech stuff, and what he/she thought was the impression that would be taken from Paul's "simple" comment.
There is no substanance, no content, no factual information, no decion making tools, no news. All we get from this, like most major news networks sputterings is a silly little opinion based on a silly little thought, that has no relevancy anywhere in the world.
Here is the sad part. The "mistake" that Cnet reports on here wasn't a concern brought about by anyone. No indivudal or group of individuals became upset, causing the news to report on an actual event. Nothing happened, other than a news outlet reporting on what they percieved to be something that could be, in the future, a problem. SO - they write it up, give their thoughts, and the people who are closest to Ron Paul read it and laugh.
This is how I see it. These "reporters" whatch what is being said, and they really don't udnerstand. Perhaps they don't have the capacity. Then they say, hmmmm...."what can we write that'll be interesting." Well, the youth are educated and willing to listen to facts, rational information, and the truth. We don;t need slanted entertainment and jazzed up reality becuase we are capable and willing to deal with the harsh reality the older generations has borne us into. WE DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THIS MESS ANYMORE.
Those who aren't following Paul closely read this and think, OOOOOHHHHH - those paul supporters are gonna get madd now!
That couldn't be any further from the truth. The truth is, the matter is simple. Very simple. And perhaps, that is why we get it. I don't udnerstand, can't understand, for the life of me - why people take their lives, thoughts, beliefs, and futures from crap reporters, bloggers, and journalists that create reality with the strike of a key.
I want, and I wish more people would demand, REAL, actual events. I want to open the paper, type in an adress, switch on the TV and see, read, and hear what is actually happening in the world. The actual events. Give me a description of our actual current events, the words of a man's speech, the condition of economy, the future of our children.
Give it to me, without a cherry on top, without the whip cream, without the ********, and without the opinions.
News becomes news nowadays when someone writes it up. It actually seems as if the Television reporters opinion becomes Americans opinion. That's sad.
ANYONE who approaches the telivision or mainstream media opinion becomes a black sheep, an outcast, a hidous cave dwelling bastard.
I don't think Ron Paul will win, for many of the various reasons I have provided here. What is even worse? MOST people will never know that we came SO close to getting out of this mess.
But - MOST people don't know he is running. They really don't know what the hell he is talking about. Maybe it is too simple.
MOST people will see his name for the first time when they go to the ballot box. MOST people don't read anything other than mainstream, haven't seen a legitimate history book in years, or really just can't grasp things that are this "simple."
We are screwed, big time. We did it to ourselves, with the help of nonsense writers and opinion piece fecal spewers like the author of this piece.
Save yourself, read a book.
http://www.btlonline.org/hallinan020108.ram
How do all the MacInsane, Hit**ry, Huckaliar, Romniac, and B. Hussein Osama types get away with talking about "leaving with honor"...!!! NONE of them intend to do anything but keep us entangled, and going bankrupt, in this bloody mess FOREVER. It is now basically "Ron Paul or that's all" for our Nation.....
You can watch all the monkeys on the (M)TV news,
talking in circles hopin? no one?s seen,
The half-ton gorilla in the middle of the screen"
"Ron Paul Goes to the Zoo"
www.youtube.com/scotto2008
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government".
The time may not be right now, as you have stated. , but it is coming.
Our current system will probably collapse. What rises out of the dust remains to be seen. Who will chose the outcome?
To all concerned Americans,
I am asking you to please go to www.RonPaul2008.com or just www.google.com and type in ?Ron Paul?.
You have more than two choices for president.We do not have to settle for what the government run media tells us we have to vote for.
Please ,you owe it to yourselves to get all the information on who he is before election day. Time is running out and America can not afford another four years of poor management. Ron Paul in my mind is the only hope we have for saving America.
We owe it to our selves to listen to what this intellegant, sincere man has to say.
You can also see videos of him speaking on www.YouTube.com .His financial advisor is Peter Schiff, another extremely smart man who knows his stuff on the economy.
We need to stand up for ourselves and stop letting the media tell us who is going to win or who we have to vote for . I do not know about you but I am tired of all the bickering and waste of time between some of the other candidates. Dr. Ron Paul makes no time for this. I am not telling you who you should vote for I am just saying you need to be aware of all the candidates not just the ones they want us to hear about. Tell your in and out of state friends and relatives to check it out also.
If you do not have a computer you can go to a library or some one you know who does.
Make the informed choice on who you want for president ,don?t just pick one because you think you have no other choice.
He speaks the truth, a straight talking politician for once, hard to fathem I know. Join with me and countless others who enjoy listening to him speak.
It?s not too late!
Thank You for your time.
WWW.RONPAUL2008.COM
Sincerely,
Cindyf9
The man speaks the truth he speaks from the heart, and he talks to you "the people". Maybe that's why people call him a kook.Because he speaks the truth.
Bob Brereton
Eatontown N.J
It is not about the media it is about us. " We the People".
Stand and be counted it is your future and my childrens. The youth can make a huge difference in the election. Please research and make a wise choice.
Susanne Brereton
Go Ron Paul
A vote for Ron Paul is a step in the awakening.
RON PAUL STANDS FOR FREEDOM
RON PAUL STANDS FOR STRONG MONEY AND ECONOMICS
RON PAUL STANDS FOR YOU KEEPING YOUR MONEY.
RON PAUL REVOLUTION!
he wsn't directly asked any questions however he stated he's against restrictions on the internet and he's also against the government reading your emails
MTV's website has a clip with exactly that part I'm talking about along with the other 3 candidates participating:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580847/20080202/id_0.jhtml
are getting this more than the media and other presidential
candidates. Ron Paul is right to mentioned that. Young people
should not be timid to understand the monetary policy because :
1. It is not complex and it is the most important issue facing US.
2. The media and other candidates will not address this
It is a weblog. Therefore it is an opinion piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlYig6RpH6M
2:33 seconds into that video is the question on the youth vote
3:30 is when Ron Paul starts to reply
you wanna be a news person maybe you should watch it and quote that part unless you want to sound like an idiot :)
- You're Very Educated
- by henisoomati February 2, 2008 8:15 PM PST
- First of all he is a Representative, not a Congressman. Secondly, thank you! It is great that young people are getting to see media bias at work. I hope they will not forget it in the future.
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- They are all congressmen.
- by ralfthedog February 3, 2008 8:55 AM PST
- From what I understand the Congress is the House of Representatives + the senate
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